Thomas Nierhoff a masters student at Technische Universität München (TUM), used a human-sized mobile robot with dual 7-DOF (degrees of freedom) arms that’s able to manipulate a pool cue similarly to how a human does. A camera above the table tracked the positions of the balls and helped the robot plan its shots, separating each into various difficulty thresholds to help the bot decide which it should take.

Yaskawa’s compact actuators and higher-frequency DC welding led to new lightweight spot guns

Guns are available in X- or C-type configurations with 600-kg clamping force and 15,000-Amp capacity

Due to lighter gun, robot uses less power, even at its faster speeds. When combined with improved efficiency of smaller DC guns, VS50 robot offers 50% power savings compared to traditional larger robots and guns